The ultimate unpopular opinions

[Apech]

In order to perfect your meditation it is very important to not stop thinking.

[Cobie]

 

1 hour ago, Apech said:

In order to perfect your meditation it is very important to not stop thinking.

True, as the goal of meditation is to learn thoughts are not real.

 

 

Edited October 18 by Cobie

[Cobie]

The goal of guided meditations is to get you to think, ‘who the f*ck are you to tell me what to do.’. 

 
 

[liminal_luke]

Stock market contrarians will tell you that by the time ordinary people on the street are saying to invest in X, it´s time to get out.  Opinions are like that too: if everybody believes it, it´s probably no longer true.

[Nungali]

1 hour ago, Cobie said:

The goal of guided meditations is to get you to think, ‘who the f*ck are you to tell me what to do.’. 

 
 

 

Love it !  

 

 Cosmic massage hippy at markets ; ''Would you like a chakra balance ?'' 

 

Me; '' No thank you .''

 

'' Why not ? '' 

 

'' Because I have spent  several decades in yogic and magical meditation, practice adjustment and fine tuning of them .. I would  not want any random person  'balancing' them  for me , even if they could  ..... thank you ... have a nice day .'' 

[Nungali]

51 minutes ago, liminal_luke said:

Stock market contrarians will tell you that by the time ordinary people on the street are saying to invest in X, it´s time to get out.  Opinions are like that too: if everybody believes it, it´s probably no longer true.

 

I believed that ... until you said it 

[Cobie]

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Edited October 18 by Cobie

[Nungali]

What did she say Apech  

 

( come on ... you can tell us       )  

[Apech]

34 minutes ago, Nungali said:

What did she say Apech  

 

( come on ... you can tell us       )  

 

 

She said "."

[old3bob]

 

she said female cats are normally closer to Tao than often warring tom cats.

[Apech]

On 18/10/2025 at 8:43 PM, Apech said:

In order to perfect your meditation it is very important to not stop thinking.

I was serious.

[Nungali]

That depends on if it is an 'active' or a 'passive' meditation  . 

[old3bob]

5 hours ago, Apech said:

I was serious.

 

when thinking stops spirit takes over

[Jenn]

15 minutes ago, old3bob said:

 

when thinking stops spirit takes over

 

Just make sure it is the right kind of spirit

 

[Cobie]

 

1 hour ago, old3bob said:

when thinking stops spirit takes over

Yes.

 

See the case of the man living a normal life with 90% of his brain missing. 
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.3679117/scientists-research-man-missing-90-of-his-brain-who-leads-a-normal-life-1.3679125  
 

I read about this man in a Dutch book, alas not available in English. The title says 

“My brain does not think. I am the one that is thinking.

 

 

The picture reminds me of The Chariot, Tarot card, which probably was based on the chariot allegory by Socrates. But in the tarot card there’s no control yet, there are no reigns.

 

 

Edited Monday at 11:00 PM by Cobie

[Cobie]

@Apech I did take you serious and my response was serious. There are various stages in meditation. Just follow your nose (it knows the way, pun intended ) in what to do next; if that’s thinking, then thinking it is. 

 

 

Edited Monday at 10:23 PM by Cobie

[Apech]

39 minutes ago, Cobie said:

@Apech I did take you serious and my response was serious. There are various stages in meditation. Just follow your nose (it knows the way, pun intended ) in what to do next; if that’s thinking, then thinking it is. 

 

 

‘to not stop thinking’

 

( if you get my drift)

[Apech]

As a Buddhist I am working to eliminate my ego.

 

 

[liminal_luke]

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Edited Monday at 11:52 PM by liminal_luke

[Cobie]

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Edited Tuesday at 12:35 AM by Cobie

[Cobie]

 

27 minutes ago, Apech said:

‘to not stop thinking’

ok

 

27 minutes ago, Apech said:

As a Buddhist I am working to eliminate my ego.

 

 

knock yourself out 

 

 

[Nungali]

6 hours ago, Jenn said:

 

Just make sure it is the right kind of spirit

 

 

Ha !  I just posted this elsewhere ;

 

 

[Nungali]

6 hours ago, Cobie said:

 

Yes.

 

See the case of the man living a normal life with 90% of his brain missing. 
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.3679117/scientists-research-man-missing-90-of-his-brain-who-leads-a-normal-life-1.3679125  
 

I read about this man in a Dutch book, alas not available in English. The title says 

“My brain does not think. I am the one that is thinking.

 

 

The picture reminds me of The Chariot, Tarot card, which probably was based on the chariot allegory by Socrates. But in the tarot card there’s no control yet, there are no reigns.

 

 

 

Sure there are  -   in   the court cards    

 

 

Regarding the Chariot in the Tarot one has to understand what the chariot represents though   and why the Chariot tarot card shows the charioteer without physical   reins . 

[Nungali]

Here is another 'one ' ... about how the 'brain works'  and how we 'learn' stuff  :

 

Everyday guy , Derek Amato could play the guitar . He is larking around at a BBQ or something , poolside . The other men do silly dives , he runs and does one but has run into the shallow end ... bonk !  head on bottom .  He is sorta okay but has a headache and a bump .  Later his wife makes him go to hospital . Okay - just a minor concussion but a few days later he starts seeing these   'randomly' arranged blocks of black and white passing over the 'screen of his mind'  in a stream . It is considered some strange after effect . He keeps seeing them .

Later he goes to a friends place and they have a piano ... he is staring at the keyboard ... something strange and familiar is happening internally . He sits at the piano ... and plays like a maestro . 

 

Doctors assume the black and white patters are visual  signals in the brain that fire the fingers to do the playing .... but how can he do it and how did it happen ?   They have no idea .  

 

 

Its called  'acquired savant syndrome ' .   

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome#Acquired_cases

[Apech]

8 hours ago, Cobie said:

 

ok

 

 

 

knock yourself out 

 

 

I have stopped my thoughts.